Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where ‘machines can make all the food and stuff’ isn’t a bad idea::“A society where you only have to work three days a week, that’s probably OK,” Bill Gates said.

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    11 months ago

    People who sell things that are in high demand and necessary for survival generally are not in the practice of denying people access to those things.

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        11 months ago

        Health care providers are not in the habit of denying care. Health insurers are because they have a perverse incentives to do so - this is why they should not exist

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          11 months ago

          Exactly the people who sell the thing in high demand the issurers are in the business of denying care to people by raising prices on healthcare. I feel like your mind is in the right place I agree insurance companies shouldn’t exist but what you said in your first comment is false large companies who sell high demand products absolutely gouge on prices all of the time.

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            11 months ago

            That’s literally not true though. They compete with each other over offering the lowest price.

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              11 months ago

              That’s funny. In reality they compete on increasing shareholder profits by colluding on prices and paying their employees as little as possible. And to be crystal clear “they” are the CEOS/boards of most major companies.

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                  11 months ago

                  I’d love to see the rock you live under but it absolutely is how most large corporations operate. You quote economic theories as if they are fact, I’m speaking on the history of how large corporations have acted literally my entire life.

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                    11 months ago

                    Unlike you, I work with senior leaders at big corporations. It is most assuredly not how they operate.

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              11 months ago

              In what world? Outside of government exchanges, you’re limited to the plan your employer offers you.

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                11 months ago

                We were discussing large corps that aren’t insurance companies

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      11 months ago

      if you won’t deny a thing to someone it’s pretty hard to sell it to anyone

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      11 months ago

      Also, What mind bending drugs are you on? Healthcare is riddled with examples of denied insurance claims for treatments.

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      11 months ago

      denying people access to those things.

      The only way I can reconcile your statement is if you finish it with “if they can afford it”. Which also makes your statement meaningless. No one was ever arguing that business denies products/services to those who can pay for them.

      Health care, food, and shelter are all in high demand, necessary for survival, and if you can’t afford it, you are denied it.

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        11 months ago

        No one was ever arguing that business denies products/services to those who can pay for them.

        “If they can afford it” suggests otherwise.

        Yes, things do indeed cost money and always will until we discover replicator tech.